trunking Archives - Scanner School

25Aug 2022 by Phil No Comments

A Warning About Trunk Systems

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This is a warning about trunk systems. There are issues that can arise when trying to setup your scanner to monitor trunked radio traffic. Today’s podcast contains some hints to help you keep your sanity when programming your scanner for large trunk systems with multiple sites. (more…)

27Apr 2021 by Phil No Comments

Decimal, Binary, Octal, and Hex

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Today we talk about several different numbering schemes. Two of which we find in the scanner radio environment. (more…)

19Jan 2021 by Phil No Comments

2021 Crash Course Part 2 – Trunking

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Do you want to get started with scanning or brush up on basics in the new year? In this episode, Phil goes through a rapid-fire rundown of trunking and trunked systems. This is part 2 of this 2021 crash course. (more…)

20Oct 2020 by Phil No Comments

Discovering and Logging Radio IDs

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Radio IDs are a clues you can use In this episode, Phil welcomes back guest Kenneth Fowler. They discuss how Kenneth logs and verifies the radio IDs he finds, issues you may run into, and developments in the hobby coming soon. (more…)

09Jul 2019 by Phil No Comments

The Hidden Dangers of Scanning with Commercial Radios

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The Hidden Dangers of Scanning with Commercial Radios Programming commercial radios for receive only is safe, right? (more…)

19Feb 2019 by Phil No Comments

An Introduction to SDR

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An Introduction to SDR SDR is an abbreviation for Software Defined Radio (more…)

22Jan 2019 by Phil No Comments

Ham Radio University 2019

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Ham Radio University This week's podcast is a recording of "An Introduction to Scanner Radio" from HRU 2019 (more…)

15Jan 2019 by Phil No Comments

DMR Trunking

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DMR Trunking DMR is Digital Mobile Radio An open standard created as defined by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute or ETSI (more…)

23Oct 2018 by Phil 2 Comments

NXDN Trunking

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NXDN - Next Generation Digital Narrowband Part 2 of a 2 Part NXDN Series NXDN Trunking Types (more…)

24Apr 2018 by Phil No Comments

Tips and Tricks when dealing with Simulcast

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Simulcast is when multiple transmit locations broadcast the same information at the same time on the same frequency Simulcast can cause problems with digital reception on today's scanners. We have some tips and tricks when dealing with simulcast and run through a few solutions on today's podcast (more…)